Patents Examined by Harshad C. Patel
  • Patent number: 11437766
    Abstract: A coaxial connector in combination with a coaxial cable is provided with an inner conductor supported coaxial within an outer conductor, a polymer jacket surrounding the outer conductor. A unitary connector body with a bore is provided with an overbody surrounding an outer diameter of the connector body. The outer conductor is inserted within the bore. A molecular bond is formed between the outer conductor and the connector body and between the jacket and the overbody. An inner conductor end cap may also be provided coupled to the end of the inner conductor via a molecular bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kendrick Van Swearingen, James P. Fleming
  • Patent number: 11431122
    Abstract: A tamper resistant electrical receptacle comprises a housing including a cover having at least one plug outlet formed therethrough, the plug outlet configured to receive both line and neutral blades of an electrical plug. The electrical receptacle further comprises electrical contacts positioned within the housing below the at least one plug outlet, the electrical contacts being configured to be connect to AC power. A shutter disposed within the housing between the cover and the electrical contacts is slidable between a closed position blocking access to the electrical contacts through the plug outlet and an open position allowing access to the electrical contacts through the plug outlet, the shutter being biased toward the closed position. The shutter is configured to slide from the closed position to the open position only upon simultaneous insertion of both the line and neutral blades of the electrical plug in the plug outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: THE WIREMOLD COMPANY
    Inventors: Yi Quan, Xinguo Chang
  • Patent number: 11424566
    Abstract: A high-density connecting device is provided. The high-density connecting device includes a first connecting module and a second connecting module. The first connecting module includes a first casing assembly, a first circuit board, and a first socket connector. The second connecting module includes a second casing assembly, a second circuit board, and a second socket connector. When the first connecting module is mated with the second connecting module, a junction end of the first circuit board and a junction end of the second circuit board are inserted into the first socket connector and the second socket connector, respectively, so that the junction end of the first circuit board and the junction end of the second circuit board are electrically connected to the first socket connector and the second socket connector, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NEXTRONICS ENGINEERING CORP.
    Inventors: Yen-Cheng Chen, Hou-An Su, Frank Hsu, Yu-Ting Sun, Yong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11424571
    Abstract: A compressor/expander machine is pressure-proof with an electrical connecting unit arranged on the housing thereof comprising at least one electrical lead-through that leads into an inner space for an electrical connection with an electrical unit arranged in the housing. The electrical lead-through comprises a mounting body that is mounted on the housing as a separate element and electrical contact elements seated therein. The mounting body comprises a first mounting body sealing surface which is remote from the at least one inner space and surrounds the electrical contact elements in closed manner and which runs transverse to a compressive force that acts on the lead-through due to the medium under pressure in the at least one inner space and which cooperates in sealing manner with a first housing sealing surface of the housing that faces the at least one inner space and this first mounting body sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Dreilich, Steffen Schramm
  • Patent number: 11411336
    Abstract: A spring-actuated electrical connector assembly for electrically and mechanically connecting a device to a power source in high-power, high-voltage applications is disclosed. The connector assembly includes a first connector with an internal receiver, a plurality of side walls, and at least one contact beam. The contact beam integrally extends to an outer surface of the side wall and includes a free end that extends inward of the outer surface of the side wall. An internal spring member is dimensioned to reside within the receiver of the first connector. This assembly also includes a second electrically conductive connector with a receptacle dimensioned to receive both the first connector and the spring member to define a connected position during operation of the device. In the connected position, at least one spring arm of the spring member exerts an outwardly directed force on the contact beam of the first connector to outwardly displace the contact beam into engagement with the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Slobodan Pavlovic, Mohamed Zeidan
  • Patent number: 11404811
    Abstract: A short, high density interposer. The interposer has multiple contacts, with upwards and downwards-facing contact surfaces. Each of the contacts may be formed as a beam stamped from a sheet of metal. Two sheets of metal may be used in forming the interposer. A first sheet may be stamped with upwards facing contacts. A second sheet may be stamped with downwards facing contacts. Bases of the beams on the first sheet may be fused with bases of the beams on the second sheet, creating a conducting path through the interposer, with compliant contacts at each end. The joined contacts may be separated from the sheets from which they are stamped and held together with an insulative base of the interposer. Beams shaped to form contacts in the interposer may be closely spaced when stamped in a sheet of metal and may have a low height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Trent K. Do, Paul R. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11404828
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a connector, a circuit board having a first soldering pin and a second soldering pin electrically connected with the first soldering pin, a cable having a wire with a conductor, and an outer shield housing mounted on the circuit board and covering the connector, the cable, and the circuit board. The connector includes a shield housing, an insulation body disposed in the shield housing, and a conductive terminal held in the insulation body. The conductive terminal is soldered to the first soldering pin. The conductor is soldered to the second soldering pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiefeng Zhang, Wenbo Lv, Ming Lei, Ning Wang, Bo Gao
  • Patent number: 11404806
    Abstract: A connector having a shunt structure and a shunt device thereof are provided. The connector includes an insulating housing having a first and a second side surface, a plurality of electrical terminals, and a first shunt socket. The first side surface has a plug input interface provided for insertion of a power supply component along a first direction. Each of the electrical terminals has one of a plurality of first contact portions and one of a plurality of first legs. The first shunt socket is located on a third side surface of the insulating housing and corresponds to a shunt hole of the third side surface. The shunt hole allows a surface of at least one of the electrical terminals to be partially exposed and become a shunt contact surface. When a second connector is inserted into the first shunt socket, the second connector is positioned thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Sung-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11404836
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes wiring with first and second wires. Each of the first and second wires have a conductor covered in insulation. The insulation includes webbing that interconnects the first and second wires to one another. The first and second wires have a stripped portion that exposes the conductors. A housing has first and second housing portions. The first housing portion receives the stripped portions. The second housing portion includes first and second spring features respectively configured to engage the stripped portions of the first and second wires when the first and second housing portions are secured to another in an assembled connector condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: David R. Peterson, Joseph Sudik, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11395512
    Abstract: Vaporizer cooling systems are provided including an outer tubular member, an inner tubular member, and optionally an insert. The outer tubular member includes a first open end, a second open end, and a port positioned intermediate the first open end and the second open end, where the port provides fluid communication between an exterior and an interior of the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member includes a first open end and a second open end, where the inner tubular member is received within the outer tubular member so that the port provides fluid communication with the first open end of the outer tubular member without passing through the inner tubular member. The insert can be disposed within the inner tubular member and can have a helical portion. Such vaporizer cooling systems can be used to temper an amount of heated vapor passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SIMRELL COLLECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Austyn Simrell, Anthony Ciacelli, Norman Russell Wymer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11398694
    Abstract: A plug connector assembly includes first and second plug connectors each including a plug housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall forming a cavity. The side walls include a housing securing feature. The plug connector assembly includes a flex jumper assembly coupled between the plug connectors having a flex circuit extending between first and second paddle cards. The paddle cards each include a rigid substrate having a mating end and side edges extending to a flex circuit end. The rigid substrate includes a plug connector securing feature at the side edge engaging the housing securing feature to retain the paddle card in the corresponding plug housing. The flex circuit is flexible between the first and second paddle cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Linda Ellen Shields, Michael John Phillips, Brandon Michael Matthews
  • Patent number: 11394139
    Abstract: Thin film connectors are described for connecting a lead assembly and a data acquisition system. Particularly, a connector includes a button having a housing and conductive pins extending from a proximal end of the housing through a base plate into a cavity on a distal end of the housing. The connector further includes a thin-film adapter having: (i) a supporting structure, (ii) bond pads formed on the supporting structure, (iii) a cable having conductive traces electrically connected to the bond pads, and (iv) feedthroughs that pass through the supporting structure and are electrically connected with the bond pads. Each conductive pin extends through a feedthrough, and each conductive pin is in electrical connection with one or more conductive traces via each bond pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Bo Lu, Annapurna Karicherla, Huanfen Yao
  • Patent number: 11394151
    Abstract: A connector apparatus including a housing, and a primary lock reinforcement. The housing includes at least one substantially cylindrical coaxial cavity therein. The coaxial cavity has a first end, a second end, and a locking finger. At least one stop is located proximate the second end. A locking finger is positioned intermediate the first end and the second end. The locking finger includes a locking tab, and an unlocking surface. The locking finger is formed to be flexible and capable of flexing between a lock position and an unlock position. The locking finger is biased toward the lock position. The primary lock reinforcement is placed in the housing and has an opening therein corresponding to the second end of the cylindrical coaxial cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Sivakumar Jogula, Sudhakar Subramanian, Abhaya Kishore
  • Patent number: 11387585
    Abstract: A female electrical terminal includes a securing end and a mating end coupled along a longitudinal axis to the securing end. The mating end includes a housing provided with an opening configured to receive a male contact. A contact pad located within the housing is oriented to be brought into contact with the male contact received within the opening, wherein a surface of the contact pad includes a plurality of protrusions extending from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: John Morello, James M. Rainey
  • Patent number: 11381046
    Abstract: An electrical extending outlet having a rigid body slidably extendable such that, in use, extends the outlet of a wall above a restrictive surface. The rigid body has a male connector on its lower end that is rotatable to allow the rigid body to be positioned in a number of positions relative to the wall outlet. On the upper end of the rigid body is at least one female outlet which a user can insert a male plug of an electrical device. The rigid body has a fastener to attach the rigid body to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Greer
  • Patent number: 11381045
    Abstract: A fan connector comprises a connector body, a plurality of chip terminals, a plurality of wiring terminals, and a chip circuit board. The connector body comprises an electrical connection slot, a chip slot, and a wiring slot. The plurality of chip terminals and the plurality of wiring terminals are disposed on a sidewall of the electrical connection slot. The plurality of chip terminals corresponds to the plurality of wiring terminals, respectively. The chip circuit board comprises a chip, a circuit board, and a plurality of conductive pads. The chip circuit board is inserted into the chip slot. The plurality of conductive pads is in contact with the corresponding chip terminals. One end of the connector body is connected to a fan, in which a wire passes through the wiring slot and connects to the plurality of wiring terminals. An external plug is possible to insert into the electrical connection slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yung-Chih Hung
  • Patent number: 11369141
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette including a mouthpiece assembly, an atomization assembly, and a base assembly. The mouthpiece assembly and the base assembly are disposed on two ends of the atomization assembly, respectively. The mouthpiece assembly includes a mouthpiece; a mouthpiece base; a movable cover; and a slidable block. The atomization assembly includes a seal gasket; a first permanent seat; a first seal ring; a glass tube; a second seal ring; an elastic sealing device including a connection bolt, a seal sleeve, a spring, and a second permanent seat; and an atomizer. The base assembly includes an airflow regulation ring; a fixed ring; a joint; an insulation ring; and a base. The mouthpiece base is connected to the slidable block. The mouthpiece base and the slidable block are disposed on two sides of the movable cover, respectively. The mouthpiece is in threaded connection to the mouthpiece base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Tuanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 11367987
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a male connector and a female connector matched with the male connector; the female connector includes a female connector housing and female connector copper terminals; a side surface of the female connector housing has a first wiring hole; an upper part of the female connector housing has sockets corresponding to the female connector copper terminals; the upper part of the female connector housing has slots; the female connector housing has a first installation portion; the male connector includes a male connector housing and male connector copper terminals; a side surface of the male connector housing has a second wiring hole; a bottom part of the male connector has pillars matched with the slots; the male connector has a second installation portion; the male connector copper terminals extend outwardly from the male connector housing and connects the female connector copper terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FAYEUNG LIGHTING CO,. LTD
    Inventor: Zhaoyuan Li
  • Patent number: 11355885
    Abstract: A connector can include a bolt, a housing, a sealing member, and a holder. The housing can include a fixing part having a through hole into which the bolt is inserted, and an inserting part. The fixing part can be fixed to a wall part by the bolt and the inserting part can have a tubular shape that projects from the fixing part to be inserted into a hole part of the wall part. The sealing member can be mounted on an outer surface of the inserting part to seal between the inserting part and the hole part. The holder can include an abutting part that is positioned between an outer surface of the inserting part and the hole part, and the holder can be fixed to a distal end part of the inserting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Sekino
  • Patent number: 11355887
    Abstract: A connector applied to a wire harness includes a housing housing a terminal, a front holder assembled to an end portion in an axial direction of the housing, and a restriction member assembled to the housing. One of the housing and the front holder has a latch claw portion that latches the housing and the front holder. The other of the housing and the front holder has a latch arm portion extending along the axial direction and latched to the latch claw portion. The restriction member has a restriction piece that is located adjacent to the latch arm portion that is in a state of being latched to the latch claw portion, the restriction piece restricting displacement of the latch arm portion toward a latch release side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hiroki Kitagawa, Masanobu Higashitani, Kengo Machida, Maho Shinohara, Masatoshi Yamada